Asymmetric ring‐opening reactions of bicyclic alkenes have emerged as a transformative approach in modern synthetic chemistry. These reactions capitalise on the inherent ring strain of fused cyclic ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. The researchers trigger the reaction with violet light. First, there is an electron transfer from an oxidant, a N-alkoxyphthalimide ester, to the ...

A catalyst that adds a pair of chlorine atoms to an alkene—using only a chloride salt as its halogen source—could offer a new approach to synthesizing chlorinated natural products (ACS Catal. 2019, ...